Never seen this before
Posted by episode81 on November 9, 2009
There is such a thing as a nice tangle, and this is it.
I visited a friend this morning to use her knitting equipment. She has a swift and winder – used to convert a wool skein into a ball. If you start knitting from a skein, it gets tangled and you spend more time untangling than knitting. Not good. It does beg the question, why sell tangly skeins? You need to wind it into a ball, preferably with a swift. The alternative is to either put the skein on your feet (or a friend’s hands) and wind manually. Also not good.
Anywho, I digress …
Not boots. Spats!
While I was there, winding my balls, my friend showed me her new craft project – a handbag made from some leftover fabric. Nice. She showed me the pattern and it is awesome! The bag is fine, but check out those spats! I had no idea that this was all the rage in the 70’s. Remarkable. I have only ever seen them on Poirot before. Who knew?
Lisa.
Anywho, I digress ... 
Teddy said
Very interesting that anyone dreamed up such a pattern. Although I’m the pattern’s owner, I never even considered making spats (the word itself is discouragement enough) and promptly threw away the pattern pieces for them, since all I wanted to make was the bag. I do wonder how they were intended to be worn–over shoes? to change the look of old boots? I suppose we may never know. Or maybe I will find a way to recreate them for the amusement of my friend(s).